Volume 4: Soaring Chapter 819: I See
Lu Yao didn't answer, and the old man didn't continue to ask, but said, "You'd better think about this question, it's very important to you." ”
"Thank you for the reminder!" Lu Yao replied gratefully.
Although this old man is sometimes serious, sometimes he looks more like an old naughty boy, but he does not have any ill will towards Lu Yao, and there is also a kind of intention to order Lu Yao in these words, although Lu Yao will not fully understand the deeper meaning of what he said for a while, but he still can't help but be grateful in his heart.
"Alright, that's all there is to it, let's start your assessment!" The old man pointed to the door and said, "This attic is called Yangxinju, which is the place where I practice, and the content of your assessment is to clean this attic."
"I'll give you a day, and you'll clean this attic spotlessly, and you'll pass it." After the old man said this, he didn't care what Lu Yao's attitude was, he leaned on his crutches, bent his waist, and slowly walked towards the door.
The old man bent his waist and leaned on crutches, saying that he was faltering, but I don't know why, Lu Yao obviously saw that he was walking very slowly, and it seemed to be a little simple, but he still disappeared from Lu Yao's field of vision very quickly, as if he was the giant spirit god who guarded the Nantianmen in the sky, and he could cross thousands of miles of ocean in one step.
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The old man left without telling Lu Yao his name, leaving only this empty Yangxin Residence, Lu Yao stood there for a while, and finally decided to clean the Yangxin Residence first as the old man said. No matter what kind of assessment this is, Lu Yao feels that it doesn't matter if he wants to repay the old man for his kindness.
It's just that Lu Yao didn't know that this round of assessment was really the most difficult to complete among the several assessments he had experienced, and it was originally a small thing like cleaning for Lu Yao. It is said that the children of poor families are in charge of the family early, although Lu Yao and Lijiang's life was extremely embarrassing, moving all the year round, and every time the place he lived was so simple that even the thief would shed tears when he saw it, but he still cleaned up the house very clean, and it was too simple for him.
After the old man left, Lu Yao first took a general look at the layout of the Yang Xin Residence, although this Yang Xin Residence is also an attic-like building, but in fact, he only has one floor, and he doesn't want to have three floors like the Hidden Ware Pavilion, and this only one layer of furnishings is very simple, a long table, covered with dust, it seems that no one has cleaned it for a long time, an old and somewhat yellowed futon is placed in front of the long table, except for a little broken, a little old, it is also very clean, obviously there are often people meditating there.
In addition to these two, there was a tall lattice cabinet standing on the wall to the northeast, with rows of fly-headed small letters engraved on it, and Lu Yao knew at a glance that it was a medicine cabinet, a cabinet specially used to store medicines.
For this, Lu Yao did not have the slightest surprise, the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was originally famous for its medical skills and pill arts, and the fact that the old man could be entrusted with guarding the Hidden Weapon Pavilion obviously showed that he was also a member of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, and it was reasonable that there was a medicine cabinet in the place where he cultivated.
With Lu Yao's experience, it is natural to sweep the wall first, then wipe the table and medicine cabinet, and finally clean the ground, which is considered complete. And he did it according to his own idea.
Although the attic is high, it is not difficult for Lu Yao, jumping up and down for more than an hour to carefully wipe all the walls in the heart of the house, and it is not good time to wipe the table, that is, it is a matter of minutes and minutes, although the medicine cabinet is a little harder, but it is only a matter of half an hour, after doing all this, Lu Yao began to clean the ground.
There are special tools for sweeping the floor next to the medicine cabinet, although they are not as advanced as those in modern society, but they are still quite easy for Lu Yao to use, and after about three hours, Lu Yao cleaned up and down the top and bottom of the heart house.
"Is this round of assessment really that simple?" Lu Yao looked at the spotless Yangxinju that had been cleaned by himself, and asked himself in some surprise.
In terms of general assessment, the further back it goes, the more difficult it will be, but at this moment, looking at this Yangxin Residence, Lu Yao is really a little puzzled, why is his current round of assessment so simple, is it because his previous grades are too good?
Lu Yao couldn't figure it out after thinking left and right, and finally decided not to think about it at all.
The old man gave him a day to complete the assessment, and now only three hours have passed, and it is completed, and after carefully checking and finding that there is nothing missing, he whispered in the direction of the door: "Senior, I have finished what you asked me to do, is my round of assessment completed?" ”
"Are you sure you're done?"
As soon as Lu Yao's words fell, the old man staggered in from the door with his waist bent over and his crutches.
"You can check it out." Lu Yao replied confidently.
"You'd better check it yourself!" The old man smiled slightly and said.
Although Lu Yao had some doubts in his heart, he still decided to check it himself as the old man said.
"How so?" Lu Yao was standing closer to the door, the long table and the medicine cabinet were behind him, he must have turned around to check, but when he turned around, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
The medicine cabinet and long table that he had wiped clean were now dirty, even dirtier than before he had cleaned them. Lu Yao was really shocked, he didn't know how such a thing could happen, how could the place that was obviously cleaned become like this, not only was it not as clean as he imagined, but it was even dirtier than before he was cleaned.
"Young man, don't be impetuous, clean well, although my old man's legs and feet are not dexterous, but his eyes are very clear, you want to get through the blinds, there is no door." The old man said very politely.
Although Lu Yao was a little unhappy in his heart, he still said very politely: "I'm sorry, I'll clean it up again immediately." ”
"Be careful, use more snacks for everything!" The old man said as he walked towards the door, and soon disappeared from Lu Yao's field of vision again.
When the old man left, Lu Yao stood in place and thought about it carefully, but he still couldn't understand what was going on, and finally had no choice but to start cleaning up again.
This time, Lu Yao was cleaning and thinking at the same time, and after four hours, he finally cleaned the Yang Xin Ju again and was spotless. Only this time he didn't immediately call the old man to come to check, but he carefully checked it up and down, until he confirmed that it was correct, and then came to the door again, and said: "Senior, this time I have completely cleaned the Yangxin Residence, please check!" ”
"Are you sure?" The old man appeared again, and his first words were still the same.
This time, Lu Yao didn't answer immediately, but glanced back first to make sure that nothing strange happened this time, and then turned to look at the old man and replied affirmatively: "I think this time I'm very sure!" ”
"I'll give you another chance." The old man smiled slightly and said, "Are you sure you cleaned up?" ”
"I'm ......," Lu Yao said as he looked back. Seeing this, he was stupid again, and said to himself with a shocked face: "How can this be, what's going on, I've obviously cleaned it very clean......"
"Half of the day is almost over, you better hurry, more than one day, your assessment will be over!" The old man walked out as he spoke, and soon disappeared again.
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This time, Lu Yao really didn't know how to describe the shock in his heart, he couldn't understand why such a thing happened, why the place that was obviously cleaned became like this in an instant, and it happened twice under his nose. If the first time something like this happened, Lu Yao had doubts about the old man, then the second time, Lu Yao really couldn't find any reason to suspect.
From the moment the old man entered the door, the old man left, Lu Yao only looked away from the old man's body at the moment he turned back, and all the other time he was staring closely at the old man's every move, and at that moment, Lu Yao didn't think that the old man would make such a trick in front of his eyes. What's going on here?
This happened twice, Lu Yao was no longer in a hurry to clean again, he knew that if he couldn't solve the strangeness of this, even if he cleaned it again, the same thing would happen, so he kept cleaning, and he couldn't clean it all the time, as the old man said, now the time for the assessment is almost half, if he can't solve this problem from the root, even if he is given a month, he may not be able to pass the assessment smoothly.
Lu Yao thought about it again and again, but he still couldn't figure it out, and he was a little tired of thinking about it, so he simply sat on the shabby futon and thought about it.
"I cleaned the room, but why is this happening, and what is the problem?"
Thinking about it, Lu Yao slowly closed his eyes.
He thought of a word. In this world, in addition to the heart, the eyes can sometimes deceive people.
"Am I not cleaning enough?"
"It's clean."
"Why is this happening?"
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Suddenly, a flashing thought flashed in Lu Yao's mind, and he stood up suddenly, opened his eyes and looked at the long table, the medicine cabinet, the wall, and the lot of dirty things.
Everything was dirty before he closed his eyes, but when he opened it suddenly, everything changed again, the long table was as clean as he had just cleaned, and so was the medicine cabinet, and even more so the walls.
"I see!"